Former CEO Bill Gates, shown at bottom left in an iconic company portrait in 1978, has sent a letter to employees marking Microsoft's 40th anniversary.Microsoft Forty years ago, the world's largest maker of software was nothing more than a startup, founded by two college dropouts named Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Today, that company, Microsoft, has more than 125,000 employees, a sprawling 8-million-square-foot campus outside Seattle and its principal products running on nearly 90 percent of the world's computers . It's the third-most valuable company in the world, behind only oil giant Exxon Mobil and longtime competitor Apple. Gates in 1986.Getty Images On Saturday, Microsoft celebrates its 40th anniversary and Gates -- who served as chief executive officer for 25 years before stepping down in 2000 -- has advice for its employees to utilize in the years ahead: "Make the power of technology accessible to everyone, connect people to each other and make persona...
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